Laundry

DB and I live in an apartment. (We are expecting our little man in the next few weeks!) Our apartment doesnt have in unit washer dryers, nor are we permitted to have them installed at all. Our building has a coin operated laundry room, and at $2 a wash and $1.75 a dry things start to add up. Its one thing now when we can get away with some laundry here and some at his moms, but thats not going to fly when lo arrives. On top of all the added clothes we plan to cd (grovia hybrids). So we have been looking into portable washers and dryers. Ones that can be stored in the closet and pulled out when needed. They even have washers that hook right up to the sink like the old dishwashers did! I was wondering if any of you have any experience with these mini washers/dryers. We are on a budget, so we dont want to dish out the cash and find out the product doesnt work. Our biggest concern is getting the diapers clean! Thank you in advance :)

DB and I live in an apartment. (We are expecting our little man in the next few weeks!) Our apartment doesnt have in unit washer dryers, nor are we permitted to have them installed at all. Our building has a coin operated laundry room, and at $2 a wash and $1.75 a dry things start to add up. Its one thing now when we can get away with some laundry here and some at his moms, but thats not going to fly when lo arrives. On top of all the added clothes we plan to cd (grovia hybrids). So we have been looking into portable washers and dryers. Ones that can be stored in the closet and pulled out when needed. They even have washers that hook right up to the sink like the old dishwashers did! I was wondering if any of you have any experience with these mini washers/dryers. We are on a budget, so we dont want to dish out the cash and find out the product doesnt work. Our biggest concern is getting the diapers clean! Thank you in advance :)

I do. I got the haier portable washer and dryer - cant remember the model numbers. Anyway, they work OK. Be sure to buy the casters with your washer so you can roll the washer around. And the dryer will need to be positioned by a window to vent the air. I have to warn you, the haier units are cheap so it takes manual supervision attention. 1) you have to manually adjust the water temperature at the faucet. 2) you have to be sure the output hose is secure in the drain otherwise you're liable to have your whole wash dump on the floor. I had this happen once and flooded my apt which had wall to wall carpeting. Had to pay a few hundred bucks to repair the carpet. 3) see if you can find a model that has better pre-rinse setting. I thought the one I had you could set it to a rinse and spin followed by a full wash, but the programming is stupid, it does a spin, then rinse, then rinse again and a final spin. So if I want to do a single pre-rinse I have to do a quick wash cycle without detergent and then interrupt the cycle before it started the rinse cycle so I'm not wasting water. ***** Otherwise, I'm happy with my units. I much prefer the convenience of having the washer in my apt to wash small loads at a time. For regular clothes it works perfectly fine because you don't have the extra pre-rinse step for washing diapers. So you can set it and forget it. The capacity is very small, so I still wash jeans towels and bedsheets in the complex coin laundry. Everything else is with my portable washer. That said its a good buy just don't have high expectations. They are nothing like a full size washer dryer unit with loaded features.

I do. I got the haier portable washer and dryer - cant remember the model numbers. Anyway, they work OK. Be sure to buy the casters with your washer so you can roll the washer around. And the dryer will need to be positioned by a window to vent the air. I have to warn you, the haier units are cheap so it takes manual supervision attention. 1) you have to manually adjust the water temperature at the faucet. 2) you have to be sure the output hose is secure in the drain otherwise you're liable to have your whole wash dump on the floor. I had this happen once and flooded my apt which had wall to wall carpeting. Had to pay a few hundred bucks to repair the carpet. 3) see if you can find a model that has better pre-rinse setting. I thought the one I had you could set it to a rinse and spin followed by a full wash, but the programming is stupid, it does a spin, then rinse, then rinse again and a final spin. So if I want to do a single pre-rinse I have to do a quick wash cycle without detergent and then interrupt the cycle before it started the rinse cycle so I'm not wasting water. ***** Otherwise, I'm happy with my units. I much prefer the convenience of having the washer in my apt to wash small loads at a time. For regular clothes it works perfectly fine because you don't have the extra pre-rinse step for washing diapers. So you can set it and forget it. The capacity is very small, so I still wash jeans towels and bedsheets in the complex coin laundry. Everything else is with my portable washer. That said its a good buy just don't have high expectations. They are nothing like a full size washer dryer unit with loaded features.

I have a friend that was renting at one point and she used a portable washer the hooked to the sink. She has 8 kids and her home is always neat and clean. That washer got it done! She told me it worked just as good as any stationary model that she had used. The problem with the dryer was that her husband had to engineer and construct an attacment to the window for the dryer's exhaust.
I hope I was clear enough and this helps.

I have a friend that was renting at one point and she used a portable washer the hooked to the sink. She has 8 kids and her home is always neat and clean. That washer got it done! She told me it worked just as good as any stationary model that she had used. The problem with the dryer was that her husband had to engineer and construct an attacment to the window for the dryer's exhaust.
I hope I was clear enough and this helps.

I'm not sure what these portable washers/dryers cost but does it make it worthwhile to CD? (CD savings may be offset by the cost of the W/D). Are you planning to stay at this place for long?

We are 6 mo pregnant and live in an apartment right now with the same situation. But we're moving out to a place where we can have our own W/D so our plan is to use environmentally friendly disposables until we can get to a place where we can CD.

Just a thought, good luck!

I'm not sure what these portable washers/dryers cost but does it make it worthwhile to CD? (CD savings may be offset by the cost of the W/D). Are you planning to stay at this place for long?

We are 6 mo pregnant and live in an apartment right now with the same situation. But we're moving out to a place where we can have our own W/D so our plan is to use environmentally friendly disposables until we can get to a place where we can CD.

I was able to purchase the haier w/d for around $500. So yes, the savings from CD will off set the cost of the W/D. Plus you won't have to use the coin op washer dryers as much and will be saving money from having to pay for regular laundry.

I was able to purchase the haier w/d for around $500. So yes, the savings from CD will off set the cost of the W/D. Plus you won't have to use the coin op washer dryers as much and will be saving money from having to pay for regular laundry.

I spent days searching online for the best deal and found a website that sold the w/d set at discount. Unfortunately, I checked for then early this year for a friend and the website was gone. The company went out of business. But while helping my friend I did see a few sites that offer haier w/d for reasonable prices around $600 for set. Higher than what I paid but still reasonable. I used both Bing and Google to find great prices. Oh one more caution don't get the combo unit that washes and dried in one. Get the washer separate from the dryer. I saw bad reviews about the combo. GL!

I spent days searching online for the best deal and found a website that sold the w/d set at discount. Unfortunately, I checked for then early this year for a friend and the website was gone. The company went out of business. But while helping my friend I did see a few sites that offer haier w/d for reasonable prices around $600 for set. Higher than what I paid but still reasonable. I used both Bing and Google to find great prices. Oh one more caution don't get the combo unit that washes and dried in one. Get the washer separate from the dryer. I saw bad reviews about the combo. GL!

I'm renting and we have a Danby washer that I push into our bathroom daily for laundry. I don't have to set the water level but I it only has one water temp, so whatever the tap is at is what I get. I can wash about 12 diapers at a time. It's working well, I just think I'm using too much detergent (only been CDing for a couple of months). I hang the diapers to dry. The unit came with the washer and a drier that the landlord said was roughed in but we've found just exhausts into our storage room. So we don't use it. :) I do adult laundry downstairs. I wash all the baby stuff in our unit and hang to dry. The nice thing about washing on our unit is that I don't pay for water so lots of rinsing doesn't cost me.

I'm renting and we have a Danby washer that I push into our bathroom daily for laundry. I don't have to set the water level but I it only has one water temp, so whatever the tap is at is what I get. I can wash about 12 diapers at a time. It's working well, I just think I'm using too much detergent (only been CDing for a couple of months). I hang the diapers to dry. The unit came with the washer and a drier that the landlord said was roughed in but we've found just exhausts into our storage room. So we don't use it. :) I do adult laundry downstairs. I wash all the baby stuff in our unit and hang to dry. The nice thing about washing on our unit is that I don't pay for water so lots of rinsing doesn't cost me.

Our landlord just informed DB that we arent permitted even little washers like this! WTH! They said "thats what the laundry matt is for". I wanted to hit her. That get so expensive over time. I dont know how we are going to handle CDing now. Any suggestions?

Our landlord just informed DB that we arent permitted even little washers like this! WTH! They said "thats what the laundry matt is for". I wanted to hit her. That get so expensive over time. I dont know how we are going to handle CDing now. Any suggestions?

Is that statement in your rental contract? If its not in your rental contract the landlord can't tell you want you can/cannot have in your apt. That's like saying you can't own a halogen lamp because he already furnished lights. I'd check your rental contract if you still have it.

Is that statement in your rental contract? If its not in your rental contract the landlord can't tell you want you can/cannot have in your apt. That's like saying you can't own a halogen lamp because he already furnished lights. I'd check your rental contract if you still have it.

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